Yes, I’ve seen the Dawn Empire’s Sun Circle before, and it’s a simple yet stubborn circle. Picture a ring of troops with a single point in the center—like a sun drawn on a parchment. Every soldier occupies one of the twelve sectors, each sector echoing the twelve months, so the formation itself is a living calendar. The pattern repeats the same arc each time you draw it, just as the sun rises and sets. It’s almost a ritual, not a strategy, and that’s why I keep my notes in my own hand—bureaus don’t like the raw ink of history.

True, a circle only holds if every man holds his own. The Dawn Empire’s Sun Circle is a ledger of the year; one missing line and the whole ledger cracks. I keep my own copy in ink, not in a bureaucratic folder, so I can spot the break before it’s too late.